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Digital innovation quadrupled in the last 20 years. In 2020, it represented 12% of all patent applications, with a 13% annual growth rate. Patent applications relating to AI and Big-data have grown 700% in the last five years.

Around 277,500 PCT (patent) international applications were filed in 2021, up 0.9% from 2020. Applicants from China filed the most PCT applications. The U.S, Japan, South Korea and Germany completed the list of the top five origins. China’s Huawei Technologies remained the top filer of PCT international applications followed by Qualcomm from the U.S, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics from South Korea.

The biggest users of the Madrid System (trademark) were applicants from the U.S, Germany and China. The top 10 countries accounted for 70.3% of total applications in 2021. L’Oréal of France, with 171 trademark applications, was the top user of the Madrid System in 2021.

The industrial design or the Hague applications saw a growth of 20.8% between 2020 and 2021. Close to 22,480 designs were submitted to the Hague system in 2021, with Germany being the top applicant followed by the U.S. and Italy.

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